Unbound & Unleash the Chaos! (September...

What is up, my friends! This week we witness “Unbounded”, the world’s first open-source, freely available, on-chain font, funded by the Polkadot Treasury. The intention is clear in name and nature, as it accommodates hundreds of languages worldwide including those typically overlooked.

WagMedia (WM) takes a similar approach when it comes to languages. As covered last week, translations provide valuable information that essentially unbounds and accommodates audiences in different languages around the world.

So what about the non-Anglo content? Some would say they are difficult to obtain like rare NFTs from top collections. Perhaps the reality is that Polkadot and Kusama are better known by crypto charts, institutional investors, and Web3 developers, as non-Anglo content is not easily accessible.

WM believes in continued support for creators in their personal journeys, and where possible, help cultivate it. For instance, tutorials for the Hindi community was funded by the Kusama treasury through WM and are available on the @describedot YouTube channel.

Or in terms of communities, the Spanish-speaking community is arguably the largest; two notable Spanish content creators within WagMedia have stood out in particular. @LV has a large subscriber base that tunes into his recorded video streams regularly where he predominantly covers DotSama NFTs, here’s his latest one, for example. Since joining WM, @MrDefi has been making high-quality DotSama Defi videos, which have resulted in strong viewership figures.

Regarding other spoken languages in the World, Chinese and Portuguese are also covered by WM. @guokai, in his own words, is a Chinese community education worker and produces some unique content, some with funny storylines. Being a well-known Astar Ambassador, @pitcoin regularly produces Portuguese content across different mediums including his Astar news update videos and Twitter threads.

How about non-Anglo content channels? @kryptoschain has launched the Polkadot Romania YouTube channel via the WM Romanian language unit.

There are a number of creators getting started with a mix of English and non-Anglo content. One great example of a creator tackling two worlds would be @goku, who has written articles in both Turkish and English.

What we’ve covered here is just a sample of what WM fosters. The growth of awesome creators can collectively generate different content for a wide range of people groups, and that, is awesome.

TOP NEWS OF THE WEEK

The NFT markets are heating up, led by Raresama, a marketplace launched on Moonbeam by the Moonsama community. In only a week’s time since launch, the volume has hit an impressive 1.2M GLMR in sales.

Most NFTs on the Dotsama space thus far have been on Kusama and Kusama’s parachains, with only a few collections gaining traction on Polkadot’s parachains thus far though with NFT volume tapering significantly down in the midst of the bear market.

The first collection on Raresama, however, is making serious waves.

These Gromlins, malaligned characters up to no good, will remain the OG collection of Raresama. If we’ve learned anything about OG collections, it’s that OG collections that have broken out and held early attention have high chances of becoming blue chips in the long term. We’re certainly going to keep an eye on them.

But it’s not only the Gromlins brewing up a storm. Raresama’s mission is to support artists, especially those making 1/1s. In this spirit, Raresama has launched an auctioning platform in batches, now on their last batch of auctions, and they’ve performed extremely well. Top sale of 11.1K GLMR, and low sale of a respectable 2.65k GLMR thus far, it’s incredible to see this kind of energy and attention on a brand-new marketplace.

Next up is the launch of Exosama late September, which is meant to gather attention from OpenSea and hopefully bring it back to Polkadot. Let’s see what happens.

We can only hope that this is just the beginning of spirited engagement and competition in all NFT marketplaces in Dotsama and we encourage all community members to stay respectful during these times. Competition breeds innovation, but success of one is good for all.

Now on to the usual flurry of news & content!

Speed Reading

No surprises as Aventus won the 26th Polkadot auction after reaching its contribution cap in less than 24 hours!

Nitty Gritty

With the expected ETH merge happening, Genshiro’s Ethereum bridge will be shut, with deposits and withdrawals unavailable between September 5th and September 16th 12:00 UTC.
Here’s a comprehensive thread that gets into how InvArch positions itself as the L1 protocol that provides a “leading edge” for the creator economy.
Check out the new “Unbounded” font funded by Polkadot treasury. It’s open source and supports Latin and Cyrillic with 1300 symbols across 400 languages.
The Amplitude Collator Program is live. Here is a link to the form if you are considering becoming a Collator.
The bi-directional token bridge that allows the transfer of $LIT tokens between the Litmus parachain and Ethereum is live.
Peaq Network integrates with the Fundrs decentralized peer-to-peer funding platform. It will enable devs to build dApps on Peaq to raise funds based on reputation and merit. Platform users get the opportunity to obtain early access to startups.
Web3alert has integrated with Bifrost. It allows users can track on-chain events on Bifrost, and receive notifications based on their preference.
Do you know how much DOT the biggest whale holds? Here’s a tweet from SubQuerythat gets into Dotsama.ai who is one of their grant program graduates.
Zero and GameDAO have completed the first milestone of the substrate builders program and are now live on Rococo. It means they are a step closer to launching on Kusama and Polkadot.
Invarch has switched from weekly to monthly reports, here’s a link to their first monthly update where there is a lot to unpack!
Here’s a dashboard to monitor stats, for node operators running multiple collators and validators
Zeitgeist Prediction Market app launch countdown started. Tarot NFT holders get a pre-launch NFT Adaptable profile, or alternatively, you can burn 200 ZTG to mint one Using the RMRK2 standard users would receive equipable items based on prediction market activity.
The newly designed Invarch website is live. Liking the new look with the YoudleDAO NFTs.
Peaq has put out an article on their new peaq app.
Frequencyenables Web3 social at scale and is the first production implementation of the Decentralized Social Networking Protocol. They are taking part in a talk in NYC between September 21 to 24th.
Here is an interesting post from Bosch Group (literally a household name), it's about a new project called GAIA-X 4 moveID about next-generation cars. Peaq is one of the named partners mentioned.
XCM is now enabled between two Moonbeam and Astar!
SubWalletprovides an Astar Network 101 for beginners.
Sora provides details of their unique SORA card. Self-custodial and decentralized proposition that brings together crypto and fiat wallets with International Bank Account Number (IBAN) integration as well as debit card functionality. Expected to launch later this year, with a subsidized service fee for the first 5000 users. Initially will be available for EUR currency on the MasterCard network, as well as integrated access to the Polkaswap DEX. Future integrations include Sora’s Fearless Mobile Wallet.
Check out the article by the Kilt team that provides details of the “dena project”, which is a blockchain pilot program with the German federal energy agency that emphasizes Digitial Identifiers (DID) for Machine Identity.

Messages From the Treasuries

Subsocial’s August report is out! This covers their chain migration, the advent of energy, Spacers and more. Also, Equilibrium brings on Subsocial for an experience of their closed beta right alongside the team at Wag.
Moonbeam’s latest community call is here which highlights major developments in the ecosystem over the past month; more of a reader? Check out the monthly newsletter. Another call was hosted to discuss LI.FI, a cross-chain aggregation protocol that aims to abstract away clunky UX. Competition for automation is making its way to Moonbeam as Cask Protocol is now deployed o the network.
Moonbeam takes lead on governance innovation while waiting for the development of governance v2 with an Interim Grants Program, a community based initiative, which you can learn more about in the link above. Finally, Astar and Moonbeam are now more intertwined as the HRMP channels between them are now live!

Crowdloan Updates

Snow won the 51st Kusama auction and are now preparing the next steps for early token holders!

Congratulations to Snow in winning the 51st Kusama Auction. Around 13.9k KSM was contributed by 782 contributors. Check out the team's update on what to expect next, for instance, they are preparing an incentive program with utility for early token holders.
GM parachain have announced $FrenTGE (Token Gimme Event).
Congratulations to Aventus for securing a DOT Parachain Slot. The team has announced that they will start the work for migration and that they will be operating both in ETH and DOT.
Bifrost SALP will be available for the Oak Network crowdloans starting the 20th of September. You can stay liquid with vsDot after crowdloaning to Oak.
Kylin Network is live and producing blocks on Polkadot.
Quartz (Unique’s Canary chain) joins the Kusama parachain auction with a self-funded bid.

What's in Your Wallet?

Partake in Talisman’s survey about wallet features for a chance to win $50 worth of DOT.
With all the buzz around the newly launched Raresama NFT Marketplace, it's good to know that it is supported by Nova Wallet, as well as Talisman.
Talisman is summoning you. Invite your friends to use their wallets and both are set to earn $5 worth of DOT (up to 5 referrals). Also, there will be a weekly draw for $100 worth of DOT. Check out the following link for more details on how to participate.
SubWallet now supports Beamswap (a DeFi hub on Moonbeam).

AMA and IRL Events Round-up

Oak Network hosted a discord AMA on September 6th with guests from the Darwinia team.
Check out the crowdcast from September 9th where Yuri from RMRK covers smart contract for RMRK 2.0.
You can recap the Crust Community Call from September 9th on YouTube. Here’s a link.
Talisman Meditations from September 9th featured Bedeho Mender, co-founder of Joystream DAO! Topics covered include more details about Joystream DAO, video NFTs, user monetization, and JOY tokens.
Darwainia’s AMA on September 9th covers YoudleDAO. There was a chance to win a ticket.
Exosama and Public Pressure parties at Berlin Blockchain Week between September 12th and 13th. Attendees may get an EXO WL chance.

EXO and Public Pressure partying in Berlin!

Translating DotSama

Some excellent translations and non-English original creations, which you may find fitting to share with family, friends, and neighbors around the world.

You can find most of the Non-Anglo Content generated through WagMedia here.
Some Bitfrost content was translated this past week by @paulll and @johnrhodel. Italian translations include: Bifrost SALP supporting Snow Kusama Crowdloan, the difference between cross-chain transfer, and Bifrost & Coinbase cloud strategic collaboration. Portuguese translations include: Bifrost Web assembly, Bifrost & Darwinia HRMP channel opening, Web3alert & Bifrost integration, Bifrost SALP in Polkadot, and Bifrost & Coinbase cloud strategic collaboration.

Content Dojo (Tier 3 Creator)

@DrCAO provides valuable educational videos and complementary articles covering a number of things. Starting off by with a week of DotSama updates, then updating Apostle Arena in Evolution Land and how to earn PARA in an upcoming event.
@PNP introduces Pulsar’s concentrated liquidity AMM,
@Cris_Pap creates a beautiful guide to Darwinia’s light-client bridging (LCMP).
@paulll makes a few infographics on Bifrost’s SALP and liquid staking.
@CryptoX releases a guide to using Raresama Marketplace on Moonbeam and tells us all about the Gromlins release.
@LV’s video discusses Raresama and the Polkadot artist responsible for the Gromlins collection, in Epañol!
@Everythingblockchain details what Kusama is itself, and in relation to Polkadot.
@pitcoin.spacelabs.astr compares Polkadot’s Governance 1.0 to 2.0 and details Governance on Polkadot! Don’t miss his excellent mash-up of Sota and Gavin’s views on Ethereum.
@Cris_Pap talks about how Gromlins broke Moonbeam in less than 24 hours since the collection’s launch.
@DiscLoser explores a new AI generated crow themed NFT project,
@Bidaoleermeester88 introduces pooling & farming on Moonbeam network and a weekly recap for Moonbeam,
@bLd759 experiments with decentralization and making blockchain green on Astar.
@Bapt15ta never fails with a weekly recap of Moonbeam/Moonriver.
And yes! @pnin, @Csaint02, @JB and @Dodow submitted last week's WagMedia Weekly to the content dojo, too!
@MarcoRo quick recap of RMRK roadmap.
@brhnk61 publishes updates on parachain auctions.
@kryptoschain shares Acala and Bitcountry’s latest updates.
@Crane writes the official article about SALP for Bifrost and, then, creates four Reddit posts to promote it (visit his Reddit account is u/Myraan for upvotes)!
@Tomitzu creates an amazing article on KodaDOT NFT Marketplace.
@Bidaoleermeester88 introduces connected contracts on Moonbeam.
@Je publishes their overview of Bit.Country. Straight from the WagMedia Writer’s Room!
@MaxTheo explains Subsocial’s Energy System and a general update on DotSama News!
@prophet discusses Parallel’s liquid staking feature.
@usafmike walks through setting up TUR staking auto compounding through polkadot.js wallet.
@pnin shares Terra Incognita’s story in an interview.

NFTs and the Metaverse: The Heartbeat of Dotsama

Gromlins and Raresama tops the news this past week. What about other NFT projects, can you spot them?

Bit.Country’s latest update covers an impressive amount of progress such as KuCoin and Gate.io creating their metaverses on Bit.Country, age-restricted content, and voxel improvements. They also announce a winner for their top 10 best metaverses competition. Also, have you seen Bit.Country's headquarters?
Kusama Kings and Archiverse collaborated for a fun banner piece showcasing RMRK’s tech.
Evrloot is in Skybreach?
Gromlins has become the #1 NFT collection on Polkadot in less than 24 hours. Public Pressure does a Gromlin giveaway.
Speaking of Public Pressure, they’ve launched an NFT collection called Xenomars that was available for only 2 hours.
Moonfit’s NFT round 2 takes place on September 24th.
RMRK is using DΞV3 tools to deploy an easy UI for minting multi-resource NFTs.
RMRK DAO, a governance standard for RMRK 2.0 NFTs, will allow collection issuers to create proposals only available for voting by NFT holders.
YoudleDAO drops some alpha, which includes something related to Tinkernet and BuffChimpz NFT.
There’s a Phalaworld preview of a modified shell NFT, and a new chapter to their story.
Zeitgeist launches a new collection that will track your achievements on their prediction markets.
@mari0 does a RMRK Recap of Aug 31

DeFI

Bridges feature in a number of DeFi news this past week!

Composable has announced the first bridge between Polkadot and Kusama using IBC. Currently, Picasso is going through audits, with the launch expected by the end of October. Pablo can gather liquidity from Polkadot in the form of $ibcDOT, and use it for bootstrapping $PICA. Additionally, Mosaic has removed EVM due to security reasons, and will now focus on trustless bridging between Polkadot, Cosmos, and Near.
Acala's full trace report is now 100% complete. Kucoin also wades into the aUSD issue with claims that the actual number of error mints on its platform is significantly higher than reported by Acala.
Bifrost reviews and highlights Rainbow Boost 3.0 event.
Darwinia joins the EquilibriumDeFi Closed Beta!
Equilibrium & Genshiro officially announce that they are now live on Subscan.
Algem puts out an article on everything you need to know about liquid staking on Astar.
Polkadex’s monthly update for August, including news on their partnership with Subsquid.
Zenlink’s 4pool stable swap on Astar has been added to YieldBay’s farming list.
Dual rewards for the $ATH-$GLMR farm are now live on Stellaswap. The team also released an article to evaluate the potential future bridge integrations. They’ve been teasing upcoming support for native USDT.
Zircon Finance partners with Axelar. Zircon will offer single-sided liquidity to projects through Axelar, without natively deploying to these chains. In return, Axelar will serve as a bridging solution for Zircon on Moonbeam–bridging Zircon to EVM networks and Cosmos chain.
Alice_und_Bob creates a chart showing where $KSM has been flowing in the previous year.
XSTUSD token on Sora has trouble maintaining its peg; reported at $0.66 on Sept 7.
Parallel’s native token (PARA) is listed on Kraken. Yubo welcomes other exchanges to follow suit and list PARA.
DIA will provide SiO2 (on Astar) with a transparent asset price oracle, yielding accurate price feeds.

Content creation (Tier 1 & 2 Creator)

@pnp shows how you can speculate on the Ethereum merge using DotSama DeFi!

Governance

Pools, as well as HRMP news, were covered within Governance

Referendum 227 is live and focuses on lifting limits on the referendum pools up to 256 pools with 1024 members each.
Referendum 228 is ongoing to upgrade the runtime to v9280 which performs a number of smaller tasks a list of which can be found on the post linked above.
Interlay narrowly passes a referendum to use INTR to incentivize the use of iBTC/multiUSDC pool on Beamswap; over on Kintsugi a referendum is passing with ease on opening an HRMP channel with Statemine.
Robonomics’ proposal to burn 7 million XRT has passed with flying colors. Next steps can be found here.
Acala is near the end of the aUSD error mint debacle with more governance initiatives such as loaning assets to DEXs.
Moonbeam is looking to reboot DeFi by introducing xcUSDT as an asset - this being a native stablecoin as it was minted on Statemine itself. Wanting to vote on this referendum with your staked GLMR? Well you can! As long as it is on-chain in a non-custodial manner.

Rumors & Alpha

Do Your Own Research! These finds are unconfirmed alpha in Dotsama

Shiden providing clues that something is going to happen!
Very interesting as the Discovery Channel has a series on Opal rocks. One of the participants is planning to sell his Opal in the metaverse via a new crypto start-up (soon to be named) DeStore. Apparently, the show will feature how the opal is found as well as building a virtual world in Bitcountry. The release date is expected on September 22nd.

Beginner’s Guide

New to Polkadot? Or maybe you have some friends who keep coins on a CEX but haven't become a part of a community yet? Share this with them to get them started! It will be updated weekly with new content and is open for changes. Feel free to leave a comment and I'll add content that's needed.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Dotsama

Another mind-blowing week! Our WagMedia discord is the primary source for most of the content in this newsletter – thanks a ton fam! These are just the highlights, for more in-depth news join the discord and get incentivized to learn more about the ecosystem and provide news, alpha, and content to us all. As always, I’m open to feedback and I hope you find this helpful. Looking forward to yet another week of exponential growth in the DotSama ecosystem.

What is WagMedia?

WagMedia Discord.

Jay Chrawnna’s The Kusamarian channel provides us all with extremely entertaining updates on everything DotSama. Here is the playback listing of the past week:

Unstoppable Code, Light Clients, aUSD, NFTs on Kusama and Polkadot News - SER, Have ya Heard?
LIGHT CLIENTS the final piece of Web3 w/ Jon Dunne from Talisman Wallet - Space Monkeys Podcast 067.
Are NFTs Dead? The first NFT Bear Market - P-Ninja on the Road.
GEAR tech brings Web2 Developers to Polkadot & Kusama! - Csaint's Alpha Shots.

Looking for more to read, why not check out the other works by the Wag Weekly Squad: Pnin, Csaint, Jb_blah, and Dodow.

Tips appreciated

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Get ready for the Equilibrium closed beta competition, as WagMedia are just one of the strong contingent of hopeful teams participating!

Unbound & Unleash the Chaos! (September 2nd - September 8th)